Covering Lead Paint With Siding

Rules call for laying down plastic sheeting at least 10 feet from the wall to collect dust and paint chips.

Covering lead paint with siding.

How do we prep the house for new siding. Painting over lead based paint also known as encapsulation is an effective lead paint remediation technique. A high lead finding might even steer you away from painting and toward siding that safely covers contaminated paint. In some places you have to remove lead paint before re siding.

We wanted to paint the clapboard but believe the paint contains lead. Generally you can encapsulate old siding under a new skin of sheathing and install siding over it but check with your local or state authorities governing exterior lead paint to make sure you can cover it. Other recommendations in general notes shall also apply. Take extra care around trim lead concentrations tend to track pretty closely to.

Currently our home is covered in peeling clapboard. Lead based paint is a health hazard to children and adults because the dust chips and fumes can be ingested or inhaled. Consumer product safety commission limited the amount of lead allowed in paint. Lead poisoning is a serious health problem especially for kids age 6 and younger and the primary source of that lead is dust from deteriorating lead paint.

But that doesn t mean that rrp rules don t apply to siding jobs where lead based paint does exist. Yes you can paint over lead based paint but not with just any type of paint. But if you live in a house with lead paint the problem doesn t have to paralyze your remodeling plans or make you wish you lived somewhere else. In 1978 the u s.

Full scale removal isn t always necessary. The danger for lead paint with children is that it has a sweet taste which makes them want to chew on sills and eat paint chips. Stucco applied to metal lath on furring strips stucco may be used to cover lead based paint on interior walls and ceilings and exterior surfaces of many. That sheeting is then bagged and disposed of once the job is completed.

Both finishing styles require a large investment of money time and work and so great consideration needs to be given to the comparative costs both initial and long term of each method. Builder and editorial adviser mike guertin replies. Any surface painted before that year has the potential to be a lead hazard. Choosing to paint or put siding on your house is an important decision that will stay with you for years.

Hi george i need to know siding options for our 100 year old home. Is covering the exterior in vinyl siding our only option. All stucco systems for interior or exterior lead based paint enclosures shall provide control joints to prevent surface cracking.